Fall Awareness Days at Mount Mercy highlight Christian service
Sister Gloria Rivera and Mount Mercy College invite Cedar Rapids residents to three day Fall Awareness Days. Panels and discussions cover hospital ministries jail chaplaincy and social needs responses with leaders from Mercy Hospital Catholic Charities First Lutheran Church and local parishes. The events aim to inspire volunteers and deepen Christian discipleship as the heart and hands of Christ in action.
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Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy College
Mount Mercy
Gloria
Donnelly Hall
Richard Mannings
St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church
Judy Lyness
Jeanine Kuhn
The
Sisters of Presentation
Carl Ries
McAuley
Vicki Hadaway
Catholic Charities
Theresa Baldus Kokontis
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Calvin de Vries
First Presbyterian Church
McCauley
Council On Aging
Foundation 2
Catholic Worker House
Parents Anonymous
Mental Health Associates
Citizens For Community Improvement
Women’s Emergency Shelter
McRaith
Patti Hoffman
St. Matthew’s Religious Education Department
Debbie Staebell
St. Pius Catholic Church
Rita Waters
Mercy Spiritual Center
Mary Jo Baldus
Mercy
Christ
Drama in church reimagines St. Wenceslaus feast
At St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church the life of St. Wenceslaus will be dramatized at 7 p m and 10 30 a m during masses. The fifth grade religious education class presents the play in place of the sermon amid parish history of church drama. The feast marks Sept 28. Rev Louis Trzil recalls early plays in Spillville and notes drama in church is not a wild idea.
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St. Wenceslaus
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Fifth St. SE
Bohemia
Louis Trzil
Spillville
Wenceslaus
Europe
Trzil
Everyman
Czechoslovakia
Priest resigns from liberal Catholic group over tactics
The Rev. George Higgins resigns from the advisory board of People of the American Way saying the group uses the same fear tactics it condemns in the religious right. The piece cites his focus on social justice and church teachings.
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Washington
People of the
American Way
Norman Lear
George Higgins
Revival and religious events span local churches citywide
Dr I H Henderson Jr evangelist at Mount Zion in Kansas City Missouri leads a Fall Revival 7 30 nightly Monday to Friday with Mount Zion Choirs and Teen Challenge testimonies in Des Moines at Central Assembly of God. Marion Christian Church hosts a four day Feast of the Scriptures led by Dr Roger Norwood Carstensen with Bible studies and services Sunday through Wednesday.
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I.H. Henderson Jr
Friendship Baptist Church
Kansas City
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Eighth St
Henderson
Missionary Baptist State Convention of Missouri
National Baptist Convention U.S.A., Inc
Mount Zion
Teen Challenge
Des Moines
Central Assembly of God
F Ave
Dave Wilkerson
Marion Christian Church
McGowan Blvd
Roger Norwood Carstensen
Institute For Biblical Renewal
Athens
Carstensen
Wayne Engle
Dr. Carstensen
Minnesota Connection
Phil Schenk
Safe House
Iowa
Humboldt
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
35Th St
Schenck
Faith Bible Church
Robins
al Palmquist
Minnesota
New York
Mary Lou Murray
Dubuque
Iowa City
Aglow
Iowa River Power Company
Coralville
Mary Hale
Clair Bohlen Family Singers to Perform at Twin Pines Church
Twin Pines Baptist Church hosts the Clair Bohlen Family Singers of Burlington for a 6 30 p.m. gospel concert featuring old favorites and contemporary songs at 3300 42nd St NE.
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Twin Pines Baptist Church
42Nd St
Clair Bohlen
Burlington
Bohlens
Hauskins Singers Plan Oct 3 Worship and Concert
A Cedar Rapids Hauskins Singers gospel program is set for Sunday at Free Methodist Church 800 G Ave NW with 9 15 Sunday school, 10 30 worship, 12 30 potluck, activities and 6 pm concert. Also a seven week Journey Together retreat begins Oct 14 at Mercy Spiritual Center with $20 fee.
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Free Methodist Church
G Ave
Hauskins Singers of
Cedar Rapids
Hauskins Singers
Mercy Spiritual Center
Prairie Drive
Rita Waters
Muslims Celebrate Feast of Sacrifice at Islamic Center
Imam Abdullah S. Hadzic guides a 8:30 a.m. prayer service at the Islamic Center on First Ave SW as Muslims observe the Feast of Sacrifice, marking the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca and emphasizing unity, forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
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Islamic Center
First Ave
Abdullah S. Hadzic
Mecca
Hadzic
God
Annual CROP hunger walk set for October 3
About 56 Linn County churches from 11 denominations join the annual hunger walk organized by Linn County CROP Committee. Four ten mile routes start at 1 30 p m on Oct 3 with over 500 walkers expected. The event includes interfaith youth nine mile route from Springville United Methodist Church to Cornell College and ends at Noelridge Park Christian Church. Contact Myrna Carter or Carolyn Leaton for details.
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Linn County
Cornell
First Presbyterian Students Named Distinguishers for 1982
The Society of Distinguished American High School Students selects Craig Astor and Noel Peel from First Presbyterian Church 310 Fifth St SE as 1982 honorees.
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Society of Distinguished
Craig Astor
Noel Peel
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth St. SE
World Council grants $489000 to fight racism worldwide
The World Council of Churches Program to Combat Racism awarded 489500 in new grants to 53 groups across 20 countries. About half goes to three southern African groups opposing apartheid. Since 1970 total grants reach 5264500, with past controversy over funding such as to Zimbabwe's Patriotic Front led by Robert Mugabe, now prime minister.
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Geneva
Switzerland
World Council of Church
South Africa
Patriotic Front of Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabee
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Gloria Rivera
Lisbon
Nelson Rathbun
Yankee Grove
Karen Fristad
Palmquist
Midwest Challenge
Minneapolis
Lovely Lane
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church
42Nd St. NE
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Don Caspers
Mount Vernon
Don Maple
Waterloo
Christian Science
Betty Carson Fields
Atlanta, Ga
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Second Ave
Fields
Christian Science Board of
Gemayel
St. John’s Eastern Orthodox Church
Seventh St. SE
Bashir Gemayel
Lebanon
Angel
JH Henderson Jr
Bohlen
Hauskins
Christian Education
Clayton County
Ka’ba
Hodzic
College
Tom Tauke
Noelridge Park Christian Church
Collins Road
Marion
Noelridge
First Christian Church
Third Ave
Shaver Park
Church World Service
Myrna Carter
Carolyn Leaton
3Rd Avenue
5Th Street
Greene Square
Faith United Methodist Church
Eastern Ave
30Th St
Gilbert Dawes
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